B.6.1 PostScript output options

These options deal with the form of the output and the output file itself:

output-file=filename

File to which output should be sent. This can be an ordinary filename (i.e., "pspp.ps"), a pipe filename (i.e., "|lpr"), or stdout ("-"). Default: "pspp.ps".

color=boolean

Most of the time black-and-white PostScript devices are smart enough to map colors to shades themselves. However, you can cause the PSPP output driver to do an ugly simulation of this in its own driver by turning color off. Default: on.

This is a boolean setting, as are many settings in the PostScript driver. Valid positive boolean values are on, true, yes, and nonzero integers. Negative boolean values are off, false, no, and zero.

data=data-type

One of clean7bit, clean8bit, or binary. This controls what characters will be written to the output file. PostScript produced with clean7bit can be transmitted over 7-bit transmission channels that use ASCII control characters for line control. clean8bit is similar but allows characters above 127 to be written to the output file. binary allows any character in the output file. Default: clean7bit.

line-ends=line-end-type

One of cr, lf, or crlf. This controls what is used for new-line in the output file. Default: cr.

optimize-line-size=level

Either 0 or 1. If level is 1, then short line segments will be collected and merged into longer ones. This reduces output file size but requires more time and memory. A level of 0 has the advantage of being better for interactive environments. 1 is the default unless the screen flag is set; in that case, the default is 0.

optimize-text-size=level

One of 0, 1, or 2, each higher level representing correspondingly more aggressive space savings for text in the output file and requiring correspondingly more time and memory. Unfortunately the levels presently are all the same. 1 is the default unless the screen flag is set; in that case, the default is 0.